EP 1403753 A3 20061129 - Electronic appliance
Title (en)
Electronic appliance
Title (de)
Elektronisches Gerät
Title (fr)
Appareil électronique
Publication
Application
Priority
- JP 2002278568 A 20020925
- JP 2002281090 A 20020926
- JP 2002351974 A 20021204
- JP 2002352121 A 20021204
Abstract (en)
[origin: EP1403753A2] An electronic appliance includes a first casing 1 having an input portion 11, a second casing 2 having a screen display portion 21 on one face thereof, a coupling 3 that couples together the first and second casings 1 and 2, and a controller portion that controls screen display on the screen display portion 21. The coupling 3 couples together the first and second casings 1 and 2 in such a way that the state of the electronic appliance can be selected between a first state in which the second casing 2 is unfolded relative to the first casing 1 with the screen display portion 21 pointing in the direction of the input portion 11 and a second state in which the second casing 2 is folded over the first casing 1 with the face of the second casing 2 opposite to the screen display portion 21 facing the face of the first casing 1 on which the input portion 11 is provided. According to detection signals from detectors S 1 and S 2 that detect a change in the state of the electronic appliance between the first and second states, the controller portion rotates the screen display by 90° between in the first and second states.
[origin: EP1403753A2] The appliance has a coupling (3) to couple together of two casings in such a way that a state of the appliance can be selected between two states. The other casing is unfolded relative to the prior casing with a screen display portion (21) pointing in a direction of an input portion in one state. A controller portion rotates the screen display by 90 degrees between the two states based on a detection signal from a detector. The other casing is folded over the prior casing with a face of the other casing opposite to the screen display portion facing a face of the prior casing on which the input portion is provided, in another state. The detector detects a change in the state of the appliance between the two states.
IPC 8 full level
G06F 1/16 (2006.01)
CPC (source: EP US)
G06F 1/162 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 1/165 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 1/1677 (2013.01 - EP US); G06F 2200/1614 (2013.01 - EP US)
Citation (search report)
- [A] EP 0933908 A2 19990804 - NOKIA MOBILE PHONES LTD [FI]
- [X] WO 0184729 A1 20011108 - MOTOROLA INC [US]
- [X] US 6275376 B1 20010814 - MOON JOUNG-NAM [KR]
- [A] US 2002094826 A1 20020718 - LEE JAE-WOOK [KR]
- [A] US 2001010622 A1 20010802 - KAMIMAKI HIDEKI [JP], et al
- [A] EP 0678987 A1 19951025 - NEC CORP [JP]
- [A] US 2001037470 A1 20011101 - TESHIMA MASAO [JP], et al
- [A] DE 19953312 A1 20000621 - SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS CO LTD [KR]
- [A] GB 190823890 A 19090708 - GIBB HENRY ROBERT
- [A] US 3517589 A 19700630 - HERD JOSEF, et al
- [A] DE 4115738 A1 19911121 - VEGLIA BORLETTI SRL [IT]
- [A] US 5751544 A 19980512 - SONG KWANG-HO [KR]
- [X] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 2000, no. 26 1 July 2002 (2002-07-01)
- [X] PATENT ABSTRACTS OF JAPAN vol. 1999, no. 05 31 May 1999 (1999-05-31)
Designated contracting state (EPC)
AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HU IE IT LI LU MC NL PT RO SE SI SK TR
Designated extension state (EPC)
AL LT LV MK
DOCDB simple family (publication)
EP 1403753 A2 20040331; EP 1403753 A3 20061129; CN 1257441 C 20060524; CN 1497410 A 20040519; CN 1725940 A 20060125; CN 1725940 B 20110119; US 2004061999 A1 20040401; US 7016183 B2 20060321
DOCDB simple family (application)
EP 03021580 A 20030924; CN 03159815 A 20030925; CN 200510083282 A 20030925; US 66826503 A 20030924